The stimulation of inventive and rationalization activities in Russia should contribute to the transition of the country's economy to an innovative type of development. The foreign experience of stimulating inventive and rationalizing activities is being investigated. The tools, examples of measures to support and stimulate inventive and rationalization activities carried out at the state level in developed countries are considered. Foreign experience shows that the state supports the system of stimulating inventive creativity, both of individual inventors and creative, scientific collectives. The state acts as a sponsor of innovation activities, the instruments of material interest are used to ensure the acceleration of the introduction of inventions into production processes. Legal and methodological regulations stimulating inventive and rationalization activities in the Russian Federation, at oil and gas enterprises are being investigated. The existing methods of supporting inventive and rationalization activities in Russia are not specialized. The promotion of invention in Russia is regulated by legal acts and a methodological framework partially developed in the USSR, as well as in recent years in the Russian Federation. The main methods of direct and indirect government incentives that can be used to support innovation and invention at oil and gas enterprises: budget financing of research organizations and universities, financing of business incubators, technology parks, public procurement of innovative products and services, investment in the capital of financial institutions involved in the creation of innovative projects, the provision of tax incentives, the allocation of preferential government loans and credit guarantees. The necessity of participation of four levels of management in the process of improving the stimulation of inventive and rationalization activities at oil and gas enterprises is substantiated - the state level, the level of subjects of the Russian Federation, the industry level and the level of oil and gas industry enterprises, which will lead to the activation of this direction in the Russian Federation, increase in its activity, the revival of the high social status of inventors and innovators.
Classification of oil and gas-bearing territories of Russia and the structure of the oil and gas industry of the regions
